JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENT SAFETY & HEALTH MEETING              

  June 1, 2006             06:00

Attendees:

Management                                                               APWU

Gerald Capie, Manager Operations (A)                             Vince Tarducci, Pres.    

Paul Cannon, Manager Maintenance (A)                          Joe McGugan, Vice Pres.

Carl Schindele, Manager Transportation                           Robert Kovalick, Maint Director

John Rohrer, Safety Specialist                                        Joseph Lockrey, Safety Captain

Kevin Reilly, ERRP Coordinator

 

MHU                                                                                  VPP

John Gibson, Branch President                                       Sandra Dudley

Lou Morrone, Steward                                                   

 

Open discussion was conducted on the power failure of 5/31/06 . It was agreed that critiques would be conducted with the Tour 3 personnel to identify any problems or successes. The SOP for power failures will be reviewed and amended where identified. Information will be provided all parties and discussed at the next meeting. The committee recommended adding some type of auxillary lighting to the exterior of the facility in case of future emergencies. Mgmt. indicated that if someone were to be stuck in the elevator and maintenance attempts to reset the elevator failed, 911 would be called to remove them.

Painting in the Primaries

A review of the procedures for painting the stair rails was conducted by management and it was agreed that in certain areas, painting would not be completed while employees were working the area. J Rohrer will provide feedback to the employees in the area.

ERRP

Kevin Reilly presented the committee a list and description of ongoing ergonomic team projects. The Sack Shakeout manual dumping of sacks was discussed; Safety will provide JSA from other facilities with manual operations. Operations will move sacks to other zones when a machine is down for repair/maintenance.

1767s

A review of Hazard Reports was discussed with a few individual reports being identified. Maintenance explained the problems identified with PIVMS and informed the committee additional training will be presented in the next 2 weeks for personnel to monitor the system. Safety expressed concerns with some hazard reports being filed while leaving exits and emergency equipment blocked. Safety will reissue talks to all employees and a memo to management on the handling of Hazard Reports

Asbestos Labels

Maintenance indicated new asbestos labels were on order and should arrive in the next week. A new information label will be affixed next to the Lobby Elevator.

VOA Office

Maintenance investigated the air flow complaints in the VOA Office and found the bathroom fan was wired with the light in the Contractors Lounge, the wiring was changed to have the fans on at all times.

New Spotters

Transportation indicated the VMF is moving along with the changes to the spotters, however a contract was needed to install the Janus system. There was no expected completion date at this time. Carl indicated that new spotters were being utilized now on an as needed basis, but due to the need to communicate by radio, he did not anticipate all of the spotters would be utilized. At this time approximately two-thirds of the drivers have been trained on the new vehicles

OSHA Visit

Open discussion of the OSHA complaint of 5/5/06 . Safety indicated OSHA had dismissed the complaint on the initial visit. Although this was done, an inspection of all dumpers was completed along with instruction to all employees concerning entering the dumper area to conduct mail retrieval/maintenance

The following open items have been tabled for the next meeting;

Crosswalks

Bird Problem

Blood Pressure Machine

The next Safety and Health Meeting is tentatively scheduled for July 11th at 10:30 AM